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Anubis Eight · Mar 04, 2008, 02:52 PM // 14:52

Hello everybody. First post on this forum, but I've been playing GW since the beta weekends. What great weekends those were. Ran the guild [NOXi] Nox Immortalis, if any of you super old school people remember that (probably not, we weren't very well known).

Anyway, the point of this thread is that I'm working on a thesis paper with a couple other people about what we're calling "Cyberization," or MMOGs and MUVEs (Multiuser Virtual Environments, like Second Life) and their interaction with and effect on globalization. Issues being looked at include culture clash, language barriers, and, of course, nationalism.

I've prepared a short little survey (10 multiple choice) questions to gather some empirical data about how players feel on some of these issues. All answers are optional, but the more you fill out, the more you help me out.

If people are interested, I can publish the results here once I have enough of a response.

The survey (in handy interactive PDF form):
http://digitalmass.org/Survey_pub_0001.pdf

If you're having trouble with the email submission system, let me know.

Thanks guys, I appreciate it. For science! (and my degree)

-Anubis

distilledwill · Mar 04, 2008, 02:56 PM // 14:56

Hey Anubis, I considered something very similar for my undergrad dissertation, good luck! Im currently polishing off my own research paper so I know how much of a pain getting hold of participants can be.

I'll fill in your survey, and I'll be interested in the results.

Whats your hypothesis/research aim?

Anubis Eight · Mar 04, 2008, 03:00 PM // 15:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by distilledwill

Hey Anubis, I considered something very similar for my undergrad dissertation, good luck! Im currently polishing off my own research paper so I know how much of a pain getting hold of participants can be.

I'll fill in your survey, and I'll be interested in the results.

Whats your hypothesis/research aim?

The hypothesis is that these environments create a global discourse, much in the way that print capitalism created national discourse (nationalism), and how this global discourse feeds globalization.

Cheers! Truly appreciate it

(Heading off to class, so I won't be able to answer questions for a few hours--thanks everybody that helps)

End · Mar 04, 2008, 03:01 PM // 15:01

All done, anyone wondering about time it took me 2:53 to do

*Darcy* · Mar 04, 2008, 03:21 PM // 15:21

I had trouble with the email button. Ended up sending as an attachment to [email protected]

Good Luck.

ShockValue · Mar 04, 2008, 04:03 PM // 16:03

"handy" is one way to put it. I would say that the PDF was sluggish and the email thing at the end was a pain.

Filled it out anyway.

Fangclaw · Mar 04, 2008, 04:04 PM // 16:04

answered to it good luck! didnt put in my name though...

Proff · Mar 04, 2008, 04:32 PM // 16:32

Filled it in, gl

FXCW · Mar 04, 2008, 04:33 PM // 16:33

Sent it off, would be interested in seeing the results.

Trub · Mar 04, 2008, 04:41 PM // 16:41

For Pony!!

Good luck to you.

TomD22 · Mar 04, 2008, 04:47 PM // 16:47

Are you from Europe or the US, btw? And doesn't your survey need to ask respondents if they are?

I'm just thinking that for the average euro player, in a guild with people from many many different european countries with everyone speaking english but most speaking it as a second language, would be a very different experience to a US player in a US guild.

Filled out anyway

(oh and no offence, but a asking ppl to fill out and e-mail a PDF is a horribly awkward way of doing things - there are easier options!)

Hannes · Mar 04, 2008, 04:49 PM // 16:49

/submitted

XD

Smile Like Umean It · Mar 04, 2008, 05:03 PM // 17:03

I didn't have a problem with the format or email.
I'd rather have the chance to fill in my answer with what I want than multiple choice though (too many exceptions).

TomD22 · Mar 04, 2008, 05:04 PM // 17:04

Yeah but the guy wants a database of simple multiple choice answers he can turn into statistics, not 2000 rambling replies

That's just how surveys are.

distilledwill · Mar 04, 2008, 05:21 PM // 17:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anubis Eight

The hypothesis is that these environments create a global discourse, much in the way that print capitalism created national discourse (nationalism), and how this global discourse feeds globalization.

Cheers! Truly appreciate it

(Heading off to class, so I won't be able to answer questions for a few hours--thanks everybody that helps)

Sounds interesting!

Geography? or Sociology? Sounds like some of the stuff Ive done about. (Just finishing my Sociology BA)

MarlinBackna · Mar 04, 2008, 05:50 PM // 17:50

/done
Good Luck!

Aera Lure · Mar 04, 2008, 06:06 PM // 18:06

Science!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHgbOWj4o

Filled it out. Good luck!

XiaoTheBlade · Mar 04, 2008, 08:08 PM // 20:08

Well one thing I've noticed is that us players dont often use their country in their name, nor do most uk players (apart from the occasional 'Jack Theleetwhammo Uk')

But a lot of european people love putting their country in their name. I've lost count of the amount of NL, PL, Swe, Cz and Be I've seen in peoples names. De we all need to know you're from a certain country?

Ctb · Mar 04, 2008, 08:28 PM // 20:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShockValue

"handy" is one way to put it. I would say that the PDF was sluggish and the email thing at the end was a pain.

Filled it out anyway.

All PDFs are sluggish. It's the beauty of Acrobat. The bloody thing takes forever to load, hogs up all your resources, crashes incessantly, needs updated every fifteen minutes, and in the end all it does is display a text file that's slightly less advanced than a typical HTML page from 1999.

How PDF became the de facto standard for cross-platform document transfer is beyond me... it's one of the stupidest damn formats anyone ever produced.

/ sorry... I have deep emotional issues related to PDFs

Phaern Majes · Mar 04, 2008, 08:28 PM // 20:28

Would of submitted mine, but that email thing tries to set up outlook. I refuse to use outlook and I can't be bothered copying and pasting all that and submitting it as an attachment. If ya want my answers make a more user friendly way of submitting.